June 2016: Table of Contents
Features
on the cover: The Koko Moco from Koko Head Café, featuring a Maui Cattle Co. beef patty, garlic rice, mushroom gravy, sunny-side-up egg and tempura kim chee.PHOTO: steve czerniak |
The Holoholo Guide to Lāna‘i
Here’s the best way to spend a long weekend on one of Hawai‘i’s smallest islands.
by shannon wianecki
Summer Reads
We hunted down some of the best local releases of the past year, and found essential reads to keep your literary taste buds satisfied all summer long.
by don wallace, lavonne leong and kim steutermann rogers
Special Section: Annual All-Island Restaurant Guide
Our annual insert celebrates all the delicious dining options Hawai‘i offers. This year, we found the best comfort dishes around the state. Food and dining editor Catherine Toth Fox also investigates why so many good restaurants don’t make it. Plus, an $18 cocktail that might just be worth it, and the best free bread in town.
Calabash
Monumental Success
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument celebrates 10 years.
By honolulu magazine staff
June Picks
June has the most daylight hours in the year, so spend them celebrating the ocean, watching a play in a cemetery and checking out what local creatives are making.
By Katrina Valcourt
Turtle Bay Agreement
An “impossible” deal saves important ag and recreational land on the North Shore.
By Don Wallace
Da Meter
Gauging what’s hot and what’s not in Honolulu.
BY HONOLULU MAGAZINE STAFF
New additions at ‘Iolani Palace
Two royally buzzworthy developments at ‘Iolani Palace.
By Natalie Schack
Quote Unquote: Jose Fajardo
Jose Fajardo (pronounced fuh-HAR-doe) takes over this month as president and general manager of Hawai‘i Public Radio, a position held for 17-and-a-half years by Michael Titterton, who is now retiring.
By Robbie Dingeman
Field Notes: ‘Aiea Bowl’s Makule League
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: ‘Aiea Bowl’s Makule League.
By Katrina Valcourt
Style
New boutique Echo + Atlas, a Father’s Day designer roundup, faves from Instagrammer Brooke Dombroski, plus a profile on Refined Vanity.
by stacey makiya, brie thalmann and natalie schack
Opinion
Editor’s Page: Finding Comfort
Here’s to food, books and travel.
by robbie dingeman
Afterthoughts: Holidaze
I need a day off from holidays.
by michael keany
From Our Files
HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific—chronicling the Islands since 1888.
by katrina valcourt
